Our group of 13 have a delicious seafood lunch at Bangpra. I enjoy eating 2 steamed crabs. We stop at "Krue Or" to buy some Thai desserts.

Some of the foods that the inland tour operator provided for our group during May 5 - 13, 2006.

Russian girls in Indian outfit???

Decoration on the street.

Arbat street

The Arbatskaya Metro Station
The last place that we visit for this trip before heading to the airport is the famous shopping street of Moscow, Arbat.

The Log cottage of Peter the Great
The cottage was built in 1702 in the St. Mark Island in the mouth of the northern Dvina River near Archangelsk. Peter the Great lived there for 2.5 month while supervising the construction of the Novodvinsk fortress located on the riverbank opposite the island. The cottage was delivered to Kolomenskoye in 1934.

Inside the Kolomenskoye territory.

Around the Kolomenskoye Park.
We arrive to Moscow in the morning and go to Kolomenskoye Park, waiting to visit the Kolomenskoye museum.

Inside the train station for train from St. Petersburg to Moscow, 8-hours journey.

The SS Peter and Paul Cathedral
Inside the Peter and Paul Fortress is the cathedral where the Russian Emperors and members of the royal family are buried.

The Samson Fountain – Samson tearing the mouth of a lion
It is an allegory of the crucial victory won by the Russian troops over the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709.

The idea is to lay a formal park on the shore of the Gulf of Finland as a memorial to Russia’s triumph on the sea belonged to Peter the Great himself.

Peterhof
Peterhof is a summer residence of the Russian Emperors. The palace and park ensemble was planned by Peter the Great as the official sea coast residence of the Russia Tsars.

View of the Aurora Cruiser from the hotel

The Pavlovsk Palace
The royal hunting estate on the banks of the Slavianka River was given by Catherine the Great to her son, Paul, the would-be Emperor.

The Grotto Pavilion

Some parts of the palace was redecorated in Catherine the Great period, reflecting her style.

These porcelain furnances throughout Catherine Palace were so necessary, probably even in summer. Boiling water circulated through the pipes inside them and somehow effectively heated the rooms.

The State (Throne) Room in Catherine Palace

The most famouse room in the palace is Amber Chamber. Walls are covered with pure amber plates of more than 500 colours. During WWII it was unmounted by Nazy and dissapeared. However, it is not allowed to take pictures in this room.